Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-07-14
CLINTON'S JUBILEE.
IRE cSSrgNsIsL CELEBRATION OF A
NEW YORK VILLAGE.
p,o.ident Cleveland and Party Received
with Great Fnthusiasm-rhe Cen
tennial Ceremonies and Ho-
nors 70 the Executive.
rBy telegraph to the Dispa,ch.l

Miss Hastings. ms niece, CCioh'i la
mon, and Il. prcntiss, Of Utica. came
down from Holland Patent in the
epocial coach Coronet at O'Clock
ms morning. They were met by Pro-
trs,or Hovt and number OF ladies and
c.n,lcmen of the Centennial committee
from Clinton. Professor Hoyt made
Lricf address Of welcome, to which the
President responded IN few words.
III, Utica Jack~onians. one hundred
et,cro With the Twelfth United
S,et,. infantry hand. salutcd the Presi-
lcn, and his witc with its famous cheer
and Hail 10 the Chief as they stood
upou the platform OF the coach'
Crowded trains have been running 10
Clinton all the morning. The Presl-
dents spcciai train started at 9:lo A.
Nj. An immense crowd was at the On-
iario and Western railroad station, and
as the train pulled ont they cheered the
President and waved their hats as he
stood, head uncovered, aud bowed ms
acknowledge nts.
President Clcyellndand party reached
Clinton about I'd 4. VI. An immense
crowd WIS al the station. The Presi-
dents party were escorted 10y the Jack
>onians 10 Mrs. o. j. WilliGms's resi-
dcncc, wb,rethcy were grectedbyprom-
iucnt members of the Centennial Com
miitcc and many venerable citizens
while the parade OF six divisions was GO
ing ovcrits route. In the parade were
chiefs. descendants OF the Indians who
cave the site Of theyillage 10 its found
ors. and one hundred Oncidas, with
onIndian band fromthe Onandagareser-
walton. Nearly all the available space
within thu village limits was crowded
with spectators. Only one Grand
Amy post took part in the procession.
and that was the Clinton Post.
After the parade the Presiden. spent
an hour in receiving callers at Mrs.
Wilhams's house, and over 5000 peo-
pie were presented.
TIE exercises in the park did NOT
commence until nearly > o'clock. Rev.
Henry Darling. president of Hamilton
College. offered the opening prayer {;
after which Rev. +. 7. Powell dellv-
cred an address Of welcome, to which
the President responded
The President said 81 am by no
means certain Of my standing here
among those who celebrate the centen-
NAL Of Clinton's existence as village.
Nv rccoloctions Of the place reach
backward hat about thirty-siX years,
and my residence here covered a
Nlv Micf period. but these recollec-
lions arc fresh and distinct to-day,
and pleasant. too, though not entirely
free fiom a sOmbre coloring. 1t was
here I'D school, at the foot of College
hiil that began my preparation for
college hfcaui enjoyed the anticipation
Of collegiate education. We had two
teacher, IN our school. One became
afterwards q judec in Chicago, and the
other passed through the legal profes-
sion 10 the ministry. and within the
last two years was living further West.
/ read a little Latin with two other
lovs in the class. think | iloundcred
through four books of the AGneid.
The other boys had nice, large modern
editions of Virgil. with big print ana
plenty of notes To help one over
hard places. Mine was little old
fashioned copy, which my father used
before me, with 10 notes, and which
was only translated 10y hard knocks. |
believe | have forgiven those other
hoys for their persistent refusal to al
low me the use OF their notes in their
books. AZ any rate they do not seem
10 have been oycrtakcn by any dire re-
uihutiou. as one of them is now a rich
and prosperous lawyer in Buffalo, and
the other is professor IN yOnr college
and the orator of to-day's celebration.
The struggles with ten lines of Virgil,
which at first made up my daily task,
are amusing as remembered now but
with them ! am also forced TO rcmem-
Der that instead OF being the beginning
of higher education for which | hon
cstly longCd they occurred near the
end of my school advantages. This
suggests a disappointment which
40 lapse of time can alleviate,
and the deprivation ! have sadly felt
with every passing year. ] remember
the next door noighDors Doctors Bis
sell and Scollarl-a good, kind
ucighhOs they were. too; not your
cross, Grabbed kind, who could not
bear to see a boy about. 1t always
seemed 10 ne that they drove very fine
horses, and for that reason thought
they must be extremely rich. l don't
know that | should indulge in further
rtcollec.ions that must seem very little
like centennial history, but | want to
establish as we'll as can my rightto be
here. 1 might have spoken OF the col
iege faculty, who cast such pleasing
though sobera shade of dignity over
the place, and who. with other
educated and substantial citizens,
made Up the best of social life.
was II boy then. but, not
wi,hstandinc, | believe | absorbed
lasting appreciation Of the intelli-
cence and refinement which made this
a dClghtfdl home. / know that you
will bear with me, my friends, If l
Weld to the impulse which the mention
Of home creates, and speak of my own
home here and how through memories
which cluster about it ] may claim a
tender relationship to your village.
Here il was that our family circle en-
tire. parents and children, lived day
after day in loving and aifectionate
converse, and here for the last time we
met around the family altar and
thanked God that our household was
unbroken by death OF separation.
We never met together in any other
home after leaving this, and
death followed closely our departure,
and thus it is that as with advancing
wears ! survey the havoc death has
made and thoughts of my early home
become more sacred, the remembrance
Of this pleasant spot so related IS re,
yiyed and chastened. can only add
my thanks for the privilege of being
with Won to-day, and wish for the vii
laae OF Clinton in the future continu-
alton and increase of the blessings OF
the past.
Professor A. q. Hopkins delivered
the historical address, Professor Root
the Grafton. aud Clinton Scaliand, OF
Clinton, a poem. ,
A very large number of ladies called
upon Mrs. Cleveland during her 4
o'clock reception. ,
Utica is being handsomely decorated
-. e 4ha Dr.es1ant thfe